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HackingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Portland Museum of Art

bd_894fc306b1634195 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 22, 2021

Filed

Mar 9, 2022

To disclose

14 months

Affected · nationwide

3429 in this filing

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Portland Museum of Art →

An employee's email account was accessed by an unauthorized party. The breach was discovered after the account was used to send spam. An investigation found that a 2013 list of authorized drivers for the museum, containing names and driver's license numbers, was in the email archives.

Maine clockDiscovered Jan 22, 2021 → Filed with AG Mar 9, 2022411d ⏱ ME AG >30d14 months discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days
discovery → filing · 14 months / 411 days

Jan 21, 2021

Begins

Jan 22, 2021

Discovered

Mar 9, 2022

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed34 affectedView incident

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.